Treatment of Vertebral Hemangioma by Intralesional Injection of Absolute Ethanol

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Abstract
Two years ago (Aug. 25, 1994, issue),1 we reported on two patients who had relief of spinal cord compression after the direct injection of ethanol into a vertebral hemangioma. The improvement in their condition has been maintained for over three years. However, in a larger series of seven patients there have been two instances of vertebral compression fracture, a complication not seen in our initial two patients.